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Robbins, Sarah Herbert, author.

The everything parent's guide to raising a gifted child : all you need to know to meet your child's emotional, social, and academic needs / Sarah Herbert Robbins, MEd.

Avon, Massachusetts : Adams Media, [2010], ©2012.

xiii, 289 pages ; 22 cm.

"Raising a gifted child is both a joy and a challenge. Gifted and exceptional children can seem self-sufficient, but it takes more than intelligence to lead a happy and fulfilling life. Your child need your support and advocacy in school, in social situations, and even at home"--Publisher's description.

The everything parent's guide to

Everything parent's guide series.

Gifted children.

Child rearing.

Parenting.

Gifted children -- Psychology.

Gifted children -- Education.

Raising a gifted child : all you need to know to meet your child's emotional, social, and academic needs

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What does it mean to be gifted? -- Two kinds of giftedness -- Common misconceptions about gifted children -- Development in gifted children -- How gifted children feel -- How parents of the gifted feel -- What about school? -- Enhancing programs and learning opportunities -- Twice-exceptional children -- Social and emotional awareness -- The young and the gifted -- Gifted girls -- Gifted boys -- Relationships and the gifted child -- Intensity and the gifted child -- Perfectionism and the gifted child -- Underachievement and the gifted child -- Giftedness and the family dynamic -- Communicating with your gifted child -- How to discipline your gifted child -- Building resiliency in your gifted child -- Planning for the future with your gifted child -- Community and political involvement for parents of gifted kids.

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